The Little Roodee Car Park...Chester

Sort of wild camping!
Although we only live 8 mls from here, we use this c/p regularly when we fancy having a few beers and a meal in town.
Great place, by the river, nice walks, quiet and minutes from the city centre.

It's only £1.50 from 1700hrs until 0900 the next day.
No facilities and a barrier goes down at 22.30 (emergency release tel. number is given) There is a web site.

Sort of wild camping!
Although we only live 8 mls from here, we use this c/p regularly when we fancy having a few beers and a meal in town.
Great place, by the river, nice walks, quiet and minutes from the city centre.

It's only £1.50 from 1700hrs until 0900 the next day.
No facilities and a barrier goes down at 22.30 (emergency release tel. number is given) There is a web site.

Cheers.....

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Its nice that the local council allows this.
I live on the Isle of Wight and all Council car parks have notices saying you cannot use your mobile home for any sanitary or sleeping purposes while parked on them, including on street parking areas in some areas.
Think yourselves lucky they allow it over there.

Its nice that the local council allows this.
I live on the Isle of Wight and all Council car parks have notices saying [HI]you cannot use your mobile home for any sanitary or sleeping purposes[/HI] while parked on them, including on street parking areas in some areas.
Think yourselves lucky they allow it over there.

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What are they going to do; send the Bog Police around to check?
Or WCSOs.:Rofl1:

"With or without religion good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion"STEVEN WEINBERG

Plus Cheshire West and Chester Council have marked MH bays in at least one of their Park 'n' Rides, although I'm not sure if overnighting is allowed there (cue GJH). Surely that's the next logical step if the Roodee works.

'Aren't you happy just to be alive? Anything's possible' - Pulp, 'Dishes'

Its nice that the local council allows this.
I live on the Isle of Wight and all Council car parks have notices saying you cannot use your mobile home for any sanitary or sleeping purposes while parked on them, including on street parking areas in some areas.
Think yourselves lucky they allow it over there.

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Unfortunately places like Chester and Powys seem to be an exception to the rule.

Plus Cheshire West and Chester Council have marked MH bays in at least one of their Park 'n' Rides, although I'm not sure if overnighting is allowed there (cue GJH). Surely that's the next logical step if the Roodee works.

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The council told me last August "We have over height areas at each of our 4 Park and Ride sites and we have a car park called the Little Roodee, which is designed for overnight stays and is popular with motor home visitors".

As far as I know Little Roodee predates the P&R sites (I remember parking there in car about 18 years ago) so little chance of overnighting being allowed at the P&R sites I should have thought, as they are not designed for it.

Of course, if anyone could show the council sound evidence why it would be an advantageous move then they might consider it

Its nice that the local council allows this.
I live on the Isle of Wight and all Council car parks have notices saying you cannot use your mobile home for any sanitary or sleeping purposes while parked on them, including on street parking areas in some areas.
Think yourselves lucky they allow it over there.

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What are they going to do; send the Bog Police around to check?
Or WCSOs.:Rofl1:

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Such conditions are fairly common because they do provide a power for councils to act against abuse - and yes, if it did become a problem they might well send round "Bog Police"

The reality is that the vast majority of car parks are designed and created for that purpose and not for people who want to camp in motorhomes. Thus, one can appreciate why a strong case is required to persuade any council to make a material change of use - a case which very few people are willing to make.

Of course, if anyone could show the council sound evidence why it would be an advantageous move then they might consider it

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I'm reliably informed that the current buzzwords in Cheshire West and Chester Council are 'Growth and Prosperity', so maybe that's a way in. After all, being members of the wealthy MH owning elite it's a well-known fact that we all carry crates of gold bullion around with us to spend wherever we're permitted to stop overnight.

Look at Honfleur - 200 motorhomes on the aire most nights and some of the wealthiest Parisian art galleries have set up branches around the town :Wink:

'Aren't you happy just to be alive? Anything's possible' - Pulp, 'Dishes'

Its nice that the local council allows this.
I live on the Isle of Wight and all Council car parks have notices saying you cannot use your mobile home for any sanitary or sleeping purposes while parked on them, including on street parking areas in some areas.
Think yourselves lucky they allow it over there.

I'm reliably informed that the current buzzwords in Cheshire West and Chester Council are 'Growth and Prosperity', so maybe that's a way in. After all, being members of the wealthy MH owning elite it's a well-known fact that we all carry crates of gold bullion around with us to spend wherever we're permitted to stop overnight.

Look at Honfleur - 200 motorhomes on the aire most nights and some of the wealthiest Parisian art galleries have set up branches around the town :Wink: